Remove Solutions using Powershell script

Hi,

There might be a requirement of removing solutions from Central Admin in bulk.

For this we have written a script as below for the same and log file will get generated to check the status.

Here Remove Solutions script folder,0.Packages folder are on same drive where all wsps are placed in the 0.Packages

That’s why 0.Packages folder is provided as input in the batch file.

// RemoveSolution.bat

cd /d %~dp0

@echo off

powershell.exe -noexit .\PSRemoveSolutions.ps1  ..\0.Packages\ .\RemoveSolution.csv uninstallSolution

// RemoveSolution.csv

Name,DeploymentScope,Url,Event

Solutionname1.wsp, farm,,

Solutionname2.wsp, farm,,

Solutionname3.wsp, farm,,

// PSRemoveSolutions.ps1

#///<summary>

#/* Script Name                               : PSRemoveSolutions

# * Purpose                                        : Used to automate solution deployment process

#///</summary>

#-----Input parameters to the script

param($wspPath,$inputFile,$depType)

#------To check if Sharepoint cmdlets are registered are registered

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )

{

                Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell 

}

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#-----------------------------------------Start Logging---------------------------------------------

$filepath = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition                                       

$directorypath = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($filepath)

$LogTime = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_h-mm

$LogFile = $directorypath + "\RemoveSolution_Log_$LogTime.txt"

Start-Transcript -Path $LogFile -Force

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#-----Function to wait for job to finish----

function WaitForJobToFinish{

param($strSolutionName)

    $JobName = "*solution-deployment*$SolutionFileName*"

    $job = Get-SPTimerJob | ?{ $_.Name -like $JobName }

    if ($job -eq $null)

    {

        write-host 'Timer job not found'

    }

    else

    {

        $JobFullName = $job.Name

        write-host -NoNewLine "Waiting to finish job $JobFullName"

       

        while ((Get-SPTimerJob $JobFullName) -ne $null)

        {

            write-host -NoNewLine .

            Start-Sleep -Seconds 2

        }

        write-host  "Finished waiting for job.."

    }

}

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#-----Function to add and deploy solution--#

function AddDeploySolution {                   

param($strSolutionName,$strSolutionPath,$strDeploymentScope,$webAppUrl)

#------Adding the solution

write-host "**** Adding Solution "$strSolutionName"..."

Add-SPSolution $strSolutionPath

write-host "**** Solution Added Successfully****"

#------Deploying the solution

write-host "**** Installing Solution "$strSolutionName"..."

if($strDeploymentScope -eq "Farm")

{

  Install-SPSolution -Identity $strSolutionName -GACDeployment -confirm:$false -force

}

else

{

  Install-SPSolution -Identity $strSolutionName –webApplication $webAppUrl -GACDeployment -confirm:$false -force

}

write-host 'Waiting for job to finish'

 WaitForJobToFinish

write-host "**** Deployment Successful****"

}

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function UninstallSolution{                         

param($strSolutionName,$strSolutionPath,$strDeploymentScope,$webAppUrl)

write-host "****Uninstalling" $strSolutionName "****:"

if($strDeploymentScope -eq "Farm")

{

  Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity $strSolutionName  -confirm:$false

}

else

{

  Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity $strSolutionName –webApplication $webAppUrl -confirm:$false

}

write-host 'Waiting for job to finish'

 WaitForJobToFinish $strSolutionName

 write-host "****"$strSolutionName "Uninstalled****"

write-host "****Removing Solution "$strSolutionName"****:"

Remove-SPSolution -Identity $strSolutionName -confirm:$false

write-host "**** Solution" $strSolutionName "Removed Successfully****:"

}

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#loop through a csv file

Import-Csv $inputFile | ForEach{                             

   

                $strSolutionName = $_.Name

                $strDeploymentScope = $_.DeploymentScope

                $url= $_.URL

                $event=$_.Event

                $strSolutionPath = $wspPath +"\" + $strSolutionName                                   

                switch ($depType)

                {

                                DeploySolution {AddDeploySolution $strSolutionName $strSolutionPath $strDeploymentScope $url}

                                UninstallSolution {UninstallSolution $strSolutionName $strSolutionPath $strDeploymentScope $url}

                }

}

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#-----------------------------------------End Logging-----------------------------------------------

Stop-Transcript

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------